David Bowie performed at the State Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 22 September 1997, as part of the Earthling Tour.
It was the 56th date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany, and the second of two consecutive nights in Detroit.
Bowie’s guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, and Mike Garson played piano and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Zack Alford played the drums.
The setlist
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘The Supermen’
- ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
- ‘My Death’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Dead Man Walking’
- ‘The Last Thing You Should Do’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘Strangers When We Meet’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Last updated: 28 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2002: Live: Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
- 1995: Live: Blockbuster Center, Camden
- 1990: Live: Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo
- 1987: Live: Omni Coliseum, Atlanta
- 1972: Live: Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton
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